Philips SDV4310-27 User Manual

SDV4310/27

EN Outdoor antenna 2

FR Antenne extérieure 10

ES Antena para exteriores 18

Table of Contents

1 Important

1. Important 2

2. Safety Instructions

2.1 Antenna Grounding and Safety Warning

2.2 About the Design of Your Antenna

3. Your television antenna

3.1 Product overview

4. Getting Started

4.1 Assembly and installation

5. Aiming the Antenna

5.1 Overview

6. DTV Tuner Signal Strength Indicator 7

7. Digital TV Pointing Method

8. Warranty & Service

Take time to read this manual before you use your Philips television antenna. It contains

important information and notes regarding

installation and set up.

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or their respective owners.

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Please inform yourself about the local separate

collection system for electrical and electronic products.

Please act according to your local rules and do not dispose of your old products with your normal household waste. The correct disposal of your old product will help prevent potential negative consequences for the environment and human health. Take the package to your local recycling center.

2 Safety Instructions

Antenna Lead-in Wire

Antenna Discharge Unit*

(NEC Section 810-20)

Grounding Conductors

(NEC Section 810-22)

Ground Clamps

Power Service Grounding Electrode System (NEC ART250, Part H)

Electric Service Equipment

Ground Clamp

B Warning

Installation of this product near power lines is dangerous. For your safety, keep ladder and antenna away from power lines. Contact may cause electrocution.

2.1 Antenna Grounding and Safety Warning

1 Outdoor antennas and lead-in conductors

from antenna to a building, should not cross over open conductors of electric light of power circuits. They should be kept away from all circuits to avoid the possibility of accidental contact.

2 Each conductor of a lead-in from an

outdoor antenna should be connected with an antenna discharge unit. Antenna discharge units (or Lightning Arrestors) should be located outside the building or inside the building between the point of entrance of the lead-in and the TV, and as near as practical to the entrance of the conductors to the building.

2.2 About the Design of Your Antenna

The design process of this antenna began in the very early days of DTV transmission, largely because of frustration with the selection of antennas on the market. The old antennas were all legacy technology from the 1950s. Popular thinking of the early days of DTV transmitting was “radio waves have not changed so why should we use different antennas for DTV?” Radio waves have not changed but our transmission system and performance expectations have. We designed this antenna to be an integral part of the DTV transmission and reception chain. It is designed to maximize the strengths and minimize the weakness of the new ATSC system. It was designed to work with the DTV tuner and capture a more stable signal so the DTV tuner can do its job with a minimum of effort and create a razor sharp and stable picture on your DTV. This antenna was not designed by simulated theoretical physics; it was designed to work with the physics of the real world, the real world of changing weather, cities and mountains. This antenna will work in areas where others completely fail or provide marginal results with part time reception.

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D Note

For nal installation and connection of your

antenna, additional hardware may be required. Before starting assembly, please read through the instructions carefully to determine your

specic requirements.

3 Your television antenna

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3.1 Product overview

A Reector

B UHF antenna C Out to TV connection D Mast

4 Getting Started

STOP

Notice that the boom of the antenna has a top and bottom. The horizontal elements are mounted to the top side of the boom. The

reector on the other hand, does not have a specic top or bottom.

Before assembling the antenna, take a moment to familiarize yourself with the antennas’ construction.

4.1 Assembly and installation

Folded drive element

Lead-in terminal

Wing Nut

Transformer

Washers

Assembled Antenna

Saddle

Nut

Lockwasher

Cross Piece

U-Bolt

End Cap

Mast

Attach the two piece reectors together

using four bolts and wing nuts provided.

D Note

Be sure wing nuts are on outside of the

reector.

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2 Extend the folded drive element by carefully

folding the “wings” outward so they are at 90 degrees to the boom. Then place the unattached end over the lead-in terminal. 2

3 Attach Transformer to bottom studs of drive

elements with wing nuts and washers. 3

4 Slide the reector screen onto the boom

from the rear until the screw holes of the screen bracket line up with the holes on the top and bottom of the boom. Attach the screen to the boom using two (2) 1-1/2” bolts, lockwashers and wing nuts.

E Tip

To make the t easier when sliding the screen

onto the boom, squeeze the top and bottom of the screen toward each other.

5 Insert end caps at end of boom. 4

6 Attach the antenna to the mast: Assemble

U-bolt to cross piece. Attach U-bolt assembly loosely to antenna, using saddle, lockwashers and nuts. Insert mast through U-bolt. Tighten nuts securely. 4

7 Connect 2 mast sections as shown. 5

Standoff

Coaxial Cable

Mast

Transformer

RG6 Coaxial Cable

Boot

Connect a good quality RG-6 coaxial cable

to the transformer. Slide the weatherproof

boot over the connection rmly until it seals.

6 (Cable sold separately)

9 Attach cable standoff to mast as shown. 7

5 Aiming the Antenna

Before permanently mounting the antenna for digital television (DTV) reception, it is a good idea to perform a quick sight survey to find the spot with the best signal. Moving the antenna one way or another just a few feet can make a tremendous difference in the success of the antenna installation.

B Warning

Installation of this product near power lines is dangerous. For your safety, keep ladder and antenna away from power lines. Contact may cause electrocution.

5.1 Overview

DTV is a little different than analog TV. With analog TV, peak signal strength was the most important factor for good reception and creating a good picture. With DTV, peak signal strength is not the most important factor for good reception. This means that our old methods for finding a location and aiming a TV antenna will not give us the best results for DTV. In choosing a permanent location for our DTV antenna we want to look at a couple of mounting locations. There are two methods for testing for the best antenna location:

1 Terrestrial Digital receivers internal signal

strength indicator.

2 Conventional Analog TV pointing method.

E Tip Do not use a convention signal strength meter for installing a DTV antenna. Chances are this will give you false information and cause the antenna not to work reliably. Severe ghosting is the number one reason for DTV reception problems. Most severe ghosting occurs in locations where there is plenty of signal strength. A conventional signal strength meter will find this location.

6 DTV Tuner Signal Strength

Indicator

If your DTV set top box or DTV tuner in your TV has a signal strength indicator (refer to that component's user manual) you can utilize this feature for selecting a location for installation and aiming the antenna.

1 Locate antenna in a high location with as few

obstructions in front of, behind, or to the sides of the antenna as possible. Optimally the antenna needs to be at least 30 feet above the ground pointed directly in the “line of sight” of the broadcast antenna (Line of sight means that there are not any obstructions between the broadcast and receiving antenna such as buildings, water towers, mountains or trees. Line of sight does not mean you need to be able to see the broadcast antenna with your eye). If you are able to achieve this “line of site installation and do not have severe multipath problems such as in a very dense high rise area, you will in most cases receive a good stable DTV and Analog TV picture.

2 Connect the antenna to your DTV tuner

with a good quality transmission line.

Slowly rotate antenna on mounting mast

in both directions until the highest signal strength is achieved on the DTV tuner. Check all DTV channels to make sure the signal is good on all channels you desire to receive from the DTV broadcast tower that you are pointing at. If you have two DTV broadcast towers in two distinct directions and are not able to receive all DTV stations broadcasting in your area install the antenna with a rotor.

4 Watch DTV channel for a few minutes to

make sure picture is consistently stable without freezing, disappearing or breaking up. If picture is stable, securely mount antenna per enclosed mounting instructions.

For best results, do not run signal through

diplexers or splitters, run new RG6 coaxial cable from antenna location directly to your DTV receiver. If you have a cable run of more than 100 feet or need to run through diplexers and/or splitters use a signal preamplifier that is installed as close to the antenna as possible.

To avoid signal loss, do not attach the

coaxial cable to the mast, use standoffs. 7 (sold separately)

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7 Digital TV Pointing Method

This method uses a conventional analog TV to choose the best spot for a DTV antenna.

1 Place antenna in as high location with as few

obstructions in front of, behind or to the sides of the antenna as possible. Optimally the antenna needs to be 30 feet above the ground pointed directly in the “line of sight” of the broadcast antenna (Line of sight means that there are not any obstructions between the broadcast and receiving antenna such as buildings, water towers, mountains or trees. Line of sight does not mean you need to be able to see the broadcast antenna with your eye) If you are able to achieve this “line of site installation and do not have severe multi-path problems such as in a very dense high rise area, you will in most cases receive a good stable DTV and Analog TV picture.

2 Tune your analog TV to a UHF TV channel

(channel 14 or higher) that is on the same broadcast tower or tower location as the DTV stations you are trying to receive. If you do not know this information you can call your local TV station’s engineering department and ask them. If you have internet access, Antennaweb.org is also helpful. (www.antennaweb.org)

3 Slowly rotate antenna or walk location

area with antenna while monitoring your analog TV. Find the location that has a stable picture with the least amount of ghosting.

Picture With Ghosting

Snow in Analog Picture

Impulse Noise in Analog

Good Clear Picture

4 Very often, ghosting can be minimized if

you rotate your antenna until the picture improves. Unfortunately, sometimes there is no solution for the problem due to surrounding terrain/obstructions. You are looking for a picture that is clear and free of ghosting.

D Note

Ghosting - This is a very common problem in areas with large buildings, hills or valleys. The signal bounces off of various surfaces and creates multiple images. This is sometimes called “multi-path” to describe the multiple signals that reach the antenna. In extreme cases, you may see six or more distinct clear images side by side overlapping each other. The problem can usually be resolved by moving the antenna mounting position six feet to the left or right and/or raising your antenna higher to receive a more direct signal.

D Note

Do not worry about snow in the analog picture; this is not a problem for DTV. Find a location where the analog TV has the least amount of ghosting, and color in the picture with the audio clearly heard.

5 Watch DTV channel for a few minutes to

make sure picture is consistently stable without freezing, disappearing or breaking up. If picture is stable, securely mount antenna per enclosed mounting instructions.

6 For best results, do not run signal through

8 Warranty & Service

Limited One-Year Warranty Philips warrants that this product shall be free from defects in material, workmanship and assembly, under normal use, in accordance with

the specications and warnings, for one year

from the date of your purchase of this product. This warranty extends only to the original purchaser of the product, and is not transferable. To exercise your rights under this warranty, you must provide proof of purchase in the form of an original sales receipt that shows the product name and the date of purchase. For customer support or to obtain warranty service, please call 919-573-7854. THERE ARE NO OTHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES. Philips’ liability is limited to repair or, at its sole option, replacement of the product. Incidental, special and consequential damages are disclaimed where permitted by law. This warranty gives

you specic legal rights. You may also have other

rights that vary from state to state.

For technical support, send us an email with the model number of the product and a detailed description of your problem to: accessorysupport@philips.com

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7 To avoid signal loss, do not attach the

coaxial cable to the mast, use stand-offs. 6 (sold separately)

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